Valentine Heart Cookies

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: North American, Valentines

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 11

Total Time: 26

Servings: cookies

Calories: 87kcal

Author: Lord Byron's Kitchen

These adorable bite-sized cookies are bound to be a complete hit! They look stunning all on their own, but are perfect for gift giving to your favourite valentine! Valentine Heart Cookies are prepared with a basic butter and sugar cookie, rolled in pink sugar, and topped with a chocolate heart!

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Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
2 large egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup sanding sugar
1/2 cup chocolate chips, heart-shaped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Set aside.
In a mixing bowl, use a hand-held mixer to beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add in the egg yolks and vanilla extract. Beat to combine.
Add the flour and mix into the butter mixture until just combined. Don't over mix.
Portion into one teaspoon and roll into balls. Roll each ball into the sanding sugar and place on the prepared baking sheet.
Push a heart-shaped chocolate chop into the center of the cookie.
Bake for 11 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cookie to cool on the baking sheet for 3-5 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.

Notes

For the sanding sugar, I coated half of the cookies in pink and the other half in white.

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